tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post8646927250849447071..comments2023-11-18T03:15:19.102-06:00Comments on Straight From Hel: Part 2: The Silliness of EnglishHelen Gingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-5825358843711764622011-12-03T07:09:12.710-06:002011-12-03T07:09:12.710-06:00If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a human...<i>If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?</i><br /><br />I'd like this on a t-shirt! :)Jennifer K. Oliverhttp://jenniferkoliver.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-73795071200266224182011-11-30T20:30:45.101-06:002011-11-30T20:30:45.101-06:00Alex, I can become tongue tied just saying hello.
...Alex, I can become tongue tied just saying hello.<br /><br />I agree with you, Jemi. I'm glad it's not my second language.<br /><br />Cold As Heaven, an accent can get you out of a lot of things.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-34900678478667288692011-11-30T19:39:38.948-06:002011-11-30T19:39:38.948-06:00Love this! :)
Our language must be so difficult ...Love this! :) <br /><br />Our language must be so difficult for people to learn - there are so many odd twists and turns.Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-5479955218765239662011-11-30T19:15:17.204-06:002011-11-30T19:15:17.204-06:00I think you need to go back and see if you can rep...I think you need to go back and see if you can repeat all of that out loud without becoming tongue tied!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-9811695853935310312011-11-30T16:48:14.113-06:002011-11-30T16:48:14.113-06:00Haha. Once I got fined on the metro in Praha for n...Haha. Once I got fined on the metro in Praha for not buying an extra ticket for my backpack. The only place a police man has pointed his gun at me was in the US, but my accent got me out of the problem >:D<br /><br /><a href="http://cold-as-heaven.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Cold As Heaven</a>CA Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558100567878233142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-57169432089498193482011-11-30T16:41:48.110-06:002011-11-30T16:41:48.110-06:00Cold as Heaven, it sounds like you know enough abo...Cold as Heaven, it sounds like you know enough about a lot of languages to get yourself arrested in many countries.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-64303112789463748422011-11-30T15:33:01.871-06:002011-11-30T15:33:01.871-06:00There are some funny and odd things about English,...There are some funny and odd things about English, for instance that the spelling of many words appears to be miles away from pronounciation. Englsih is my 2nd language (as you probably notice), but I always found it easy to learn. The grammar is simple and straight forward compared to other languages I've tried to learn, such as:<br />German: I studied it for 5 years in jr. and sr. high. Complicated grammar. I can still understand and speak quite som German, but I simplify the cases, and only use nominativ and genetiv.<br />French: Tried to learn it in university. Lots of redundant letters and insane grammar. A useless language.<br />Russian: Extremely complicated. I gave it up immediately, but I know the Cyrillic alphabet, so I can read signs with streetnames etc.<br /><br /><a href="http://cold-as-heaven.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Cold As Heaven</a>CA Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558100567878233142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-51332673980177813882011-11-30T14:38:06.721-06:002011-11-30T14:38:06.721-06:00Haha, loved this post! Cleverness abounds. Now I w...Haha, loved this post! Cleverness abounds. Now I want to go read a dictionary. I've heard that English is one of the most difficult languages to learn, so glad I was born to it so I don't have to learn it LOL.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-76422728594822074902011-11-30T14:35:56.875-06:002011-11-30T14:35:56.875-06:00I love when you post these! What a hoot! (but not ...I love when you post these! What a hoot! (but not the owl sort of hoot)J.B. Chicoinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894797553204276281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-36857411941843412162011-11-30T09:58:44.799-06:002011-11-30T09:58:44.799-06:00So, that's why I flunked English in HS, eh?So, that's why I flunked English in HS, eh?Christopher Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667548312923348614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-54309111923212420792011-11-30T08:49:53.095-06:002011-11-30T08:49:53.095-06:00Beautiful examples! I would hate to learn English ...Beautiful examples! I would hate to learn English as a second language.Laura Enohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-41817785034856967352011-11-30T07:43:34.879-06:002011-11-30T07:43:34.879-06:00Hi Helen .. it's that conglomerate mix - that ...Hi Helen .. it's that conglomerate mix - that makes us English and our language English .. but contaminated along the way over the centuries and then came those colonies - who decided not to speak like the English, nor use our terminology!!??<br /><br />It's a fun language .. but thank goodness I am English and don't have to learn it.<br /><br />Great lists you've got here .. fun read - thank you .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-55139063411073515952011-11-30T07:18:24.940-06:002011-11-30T07:18:24.940-06:00So, I'm just sitting at my computer smiling. ...So, I'm just sitting at my computer smiling. It's crazy, this language of ours. Somehow we make it work. It's a lot of fun reading all of our language "exceptions" in one go though. Thanks!Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.com